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The Munroe-Meyer Institute displayed steady growth over the last fiscal year and leadership is committed to continuing that upward trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, spoke about the need to continue growing the organization during his annual \u201cState of the Institute\u201d address on March 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future for us is always grow, grow, grow as much as you can,\u201d Dr. Mirnics said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One possibility for growth is bringing primary care services to the institute. Dr. Mirnics said leaders will explore avenues to make that happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of our clients also get sore throats and sick ears,\u201d he said. \u201cSomeone has to take care of them. We would be in a perfect position to provide it in our building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other areas for growth include working to designate the institute as a basic life support and first aid training site. Dr. Mirnics also spoke about creating career laddering and salary adjustment. The creation of a pipeline for institute employment was another goal, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past year, more than 500 employees provided about 90,000 services to clients within the institute\u2019s locations across the state and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The institute\u2019s revenue sources were \u201cwell-balanced,\u201d Dr. Mirnics said, pointing to a budget of more than $41 million. Of that, more than $18 million came from federal, state and local grants along with $6.2 million in philanthropy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFiscally, we are very stable at the current time, which is no small achievement during pandemic years,\u201d Dr. Mirnics said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the institute does face some hurdles, including inflation and cost-of-living increases, potential state appropriation budget cuts as well as recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mirnics pointed to other highlights from 2022, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last year saw the expansion of centralized scheduling, a new customer satisfaction survey and strengthened compliance monitoring in the health clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fremont ACT Clinic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A project that would see a new care outlet in Fremont, Nebraska, has funding in place, including a grant from the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, to start operational and training portions of the facility. But officials are still seeking philanthropic support to aid in finding a brick-and-mortar location, Dr. Mirnics said. \u201cI am cautiously optimistic we will be able to achieve that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end of the public emergency for COVID-19 in early May could mean no longer providing some services via telehealth if those services are no longer reimbursable by third-party providers, Dr. Mirnics said. On April 3, masks became optional at MMI, he said, as it continues to follow the guidance of UNMC\u2019s clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, on safety procedures in clinical areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New clinical programming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mirnics pointed to expansion of Camp Munroe and the addition of occupational therapy and physical therapy summer camps. Also new will be an aquatic program, an epilepsy clinic, a neurometabolomics clinic and audiology services. Other changes include becoming a state-approved respite care provider, starting fluency services, and starting pediatric outpatient services following multi-organ transplants at the Nebraska Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mirnics acknowledged a handful of leadership changes through the organization and discussed ongoing searches for directors of physical therapy, speech language pathology, genetic medicine and psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waitlists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reducing the time prospective clients spend on wait lists will be a priority for institute leaders, Dr. Mirnics said. \u201cThe need is endless. The resources are limited,\u201d he said. \u201cWe cannot do a miracle that will get rid of our waiting lists tomorrow.\u201d Dr. Mirnics said they will \u201cchip away\u201d at waitlists to meet the growing demand.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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